“Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?” (Mark 4:41)

The three gospels all recorded the miracle story of “Jesus exercising power over wind and sea”. However, only Mark added, “Do you not care?” after “Teacher, we are perishing.” It seemed that Jesus had to be responsible for the safety of his disciples.

This was not unreasonable, because Mark was Peter’s disciple and the one who asked for Jesus’ help might have been Peter himself. Compared with the other disciples, Peter naturally shared a closer relationship with Jesus.

Also only Mark detailed the teachings of Jesus: “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have

Jesus taught His disciples with high requirements. At that time, they probably had not followed Jesus for a long time. From the words of Jesus, we could see that He asked the disciples to trust Him absolutely.

From the surprising response of the disciples, “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?” it showed that the disciples’ understanding of Jesus was quite preliminary.

Afterwards, Peter openly spoke, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus added, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.” (Matthew 16:16-17)

This shows that the depth and knowledge of our belief are not necessarily proportional to time. When we follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we do not have to be afraid of falling into the trap of “the first becoming last”.